In July 2019, Chicago indie-rock trio Horsegirl played the eighth annual Square Roots Festival. At the time, live shows were the only way to hear the group’s taut but disarming dream pop, with its windswept-lakefront sound—and they’d only performed a few of them. They hadn’t released any music, not even to stream, and unsurprisingly they’d […]
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Eli Schmitt, jack-of-all-trades in Chicago’s young DIY arts and music scene
Eli Schmitt, 20, moved to Chicago a couple years ago to attend DePaul, where he studies journalism and art history. In that time he’s become a crucial connector in an emerging youth arts movement best known for its bands, which include Lifeguard, Post Office Winter, Friko, Dwaal Troupe, and Horsegirl. Schmitt wears a lot of […]
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Bluffin’ With His Muffin
Albini skips sausage party, wins six grand. Plus: Kanye lives it up at Buca di Beppo, Tortoise trysts with Beck, and more.
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Isn’t Beck Clever?
Beck’s latest “Record Club” supergroup includes members of Os Mutantes, Liars, and St. Vincent, and they’re doing an INXS album.